00-26195. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

The Department of Commerce (DOC) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Agency: Bureau of Export Administration (BXA).

Title: License Exception TMP: Special Requirements.

Agency Form Number: None.

OMB Approval Number: 0694-0029.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection of information.

Burden: 1 hour.

Average Time Per Response: 20 minutes per response.

Number of Respondents: 3 respondents.

Needs and Uses: If commodities shipped under License Exception TMP are for news-gathering purposes, the exporter must send BXA a copy of the notification. Also, a TMP exporter must send BXA an explanatory letter if commodities shipped must be detained abroad beyond the 12 month limit. The information is used to determine whether or not an extension should be granted. This collection of information is necessary to identify original export licenses of respondents who request duplicate export licenses for lost or destroyed licenses.

Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit institutions.

Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker.

Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained by calling or writing Madeleine Clayton [phone], Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6066, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: October 6, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.